With Grupo Bimbo in Mexico City

**Roofscape inside the Museum of Fine Arts (Palacio de Bellas Artes)**

**Detail of Man, Controller of the Universe, by Diego Rivera**

**Stairways in the old Post Office building (Palacio de Correos)**

**My favourite piece in the Palacio de Correos museum, a runner carrying a fish – en route to Moctezuma’s palace**

Logo on Heineken truck, modern day equivalent of Moctezuma runner

Jim and Mauricio in Cantina l'Opera — **Jim and Mauricio in Cantina l’Opera**

**Jim pointing out a bullet hole in the ceiling**

**Put there by Pancho Villa (dark circle, top leftish)**

**Lunchtime refresher: my first-ever tequila, I think – a José Cuevo Tradicional**

Torre Latinoamericano - we're about to go to the top — **Torre Latinoamericano – we’re about to go to the top**

Mauricio pointing to part of the old Aztec city - and setting off alarms every time he does so — **Mauricio pointing to part of the old Aztec city, Tenochtitlán – and setting off alarms every time he does so**

**Photo of old photo of motorcyclists, in collection atop Torre Latinoamericano**

It's Ash Wednesday — **It’s Ash Wednesday**

Shop display in a similar spirit — **Shop display in a somewhat similar spirit**

**Window onto Aztec foundations outside cathedral**

Oh, to be a member of the Organgrinders' Union! — **Oh, to be a member of the Organgrinders’ Union!**

Boy bands, present and past - my preference is to the right — **Boy bands, present and past – my preference is to the right (Beatles, not *Playboy*)**

Boy with fish, though it looks like a cell phone — **Boy with fish, though he’s holding it like a cell phone – maybe it’s a Babelfish?**

Spent much of the week in Mexico City, with Grupo Bimbo. Main reason for being here was to do a session with CEO Daniel Servitje and his senior colleagues.

I was hosted in the city by Mauricio Bonilla Padilla, now a key person on the sustainability side at Grupo Bimbo, who I first met years ago when I was doing a session at Imperial College.

After a successful session with around 16 top executives of the company, Mauricio took Jim McKeown and I around the city. One particular highlight was the Cantina l’Opera, where – because I felt I had finished for the day – I had my first tequila. Exquisite. Great food, too.

Among other things, we went to the top of the Torre Latinoamericano, from where the views were giddying. I had been feeling the effect of altitude since arriving in Mexico City, thanks to my very low heart rate, but the infinitesimal sway at the top of the tower enhanced the effect significantly. And, no, it wasn’t the tequila.

Earlier in the afternoon, we had been out to a Grupo Bimbo production plant some way from the centre, which was fascinating. Rather different from the Bimbo Bakeries USA plant Amanda (Feldman) and I visited in Pennsylvania late last year. Meanwhile, if all goes well, it looks as though I may be back in Mexico City later in the year. I look forward to it.

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